'Crystal cover by Peter Blake' - I'd rather not have known that the man responsible for the Sgt Peppers album sleeve is currently designing covers aimed at catching the eye of Bratz collectors, because what's all this random crystal stuff about? A stuck-on diamante ankle bracelet, what was wrong with the woman's tattoo?
And it's not even Christmas yet, the one month where mad extravagance makes sense. I fear from his handwriting that he's gone senile - and that the editor's taken leave of her normally impeccable sense of taste.